• John_McMurray@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mean, fuck, I own a bar and need a pickup truck simply because how else am I gonna return 250 empty cases of beer to recycling? I ain’t putting that smell in an enclosed van and if I got an open trailer, I’d need a truck to tow it anyways. (I actually do have a van, I use it in winter and rainy days for picking up full beer cases, doesn’t have near the weight capacity of the truck although using the same motor and getting similar mileage)

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      4 months ago

      Okay…so you need a truck to haul beer cans. What’s wrong with the simple low-profile one for that job?

      The criticism is on freak hybrid SUV-trucks.

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        4 months ago

        Do you know how much 250 empty cases of 24 bottles weighs? Its a lot more than the little one can hold. I had to construct 2x4 stake panels up to the height of the roof as it was with a full size long bed, in order to avoid making 3 trips (twenty miles to the depot), and it would take five with that little truck that can’t even hit highway speed. It also can’t tow my fifth wheel camper. (From 1983, before I get the rich person problems accusation. I ain’t rich, I’m rural and handy enough buy old shit cheap)

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      4 months ago

      Nope sorry, you actually don’t exist. OP says it’s impossible for someone to need a truck.